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OPERATING MANUAL

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Page 3: ...here is a danger of receiving an electric shock Wrapping the strap of the camera around your neck is also dangerous and please take care that small children do not hang the strap around their necks Use an AC adapter that is of the power and voltage specified for exclusive use with this product The use of an AC adapter other than that specified exclu sively for use with this product may cause fire ...

Page 4: ...eristic of the liquid crystal and is not a fault Remove dust from the lens viewfinder using a blower or clean off dust using a lens brush Periodic checks are recommended every 1 to 2 years in order to maintain high performance When the camera has not been used for a long time please without fail try out the camera to confirm that it is still working properly particularly prior to taking important ...

Page 5: ...tax EI 200 Digital Camera This setup guide provides an explanation of the simplest pro cedure for taking photographs after check ing the accessories and preparing the equip ment Step1 Check the accessories Camera Four AA size batteries CompactFlashTM memory card abbreviated as the memory card Video cable EI I VC1 USB cable EI I USB1 Strap Setup guide this guide Operating manual Software EI S SW1 U...

Page 6: ... using self timer or remote control 30 Adjusting focus range Macro Infinity button 32 Zoom lever for setting the focus range to the telephoto setting and the wide angle setting 34 Using the diopter to adjust viewfinder visibility 37 Setting Video Output Format 38 Step up Operation 39 Summary of Step up Operation 40 Using Various Functions About The Various Capture Methods 46 Taking pictures in con...

Page 7: ...es taken in Timelapse Shooting Mode or pictures grouped continuously and automatically 88 Arranging Picture With Review Mode Basic Operation For Review Mode Checking pictures on a list 92 Sound recording 94 Deleting Picture Taken Delete pictures taken one by one 95 Deleting selected pictures 96 Making it impossible to delete pictures Protection 98 Categorizing Pictures Classifying pictures by cate...

Page 8: ...red can then be deleted or pictures can be grouped together p 17 45 PC Connect Mode editing can be carried out by connecting with a personal computer p 125 Power switch Timer button Press this button to set the mode for taking pictures using the self timer or wireless remote control p 30 Flash mode button This is pressed when setting flash mode such as red eye reduction and slow speed shutter mode...

Page 9: ... presentation functions a menu of the preferences possible for each function is displayed Left Soft Key Middle Soft Key Right Soft Key These keys are pressed when selecting the soft key displayed at the lower part of the LCD monitor Transmit button p 121 Four way Controller The four way controller is for selecting functions from the menu and changing over the pictures displayed using the playback ...

Page 10: ...s menu r Press the down arrow on the four way controller seven times to highlight the Language menu t Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit The Language screen appears on the display 2Setting the language q Press the down arrow on the four way controller to highlight the language to be set English A menu or message is displayed in English w Pressing the left soft key to select the s...

Page 11: ...use the camera Regarding batteries 22 Regarding memory cards 25 How to take good pictures Using the function buttons 29 The flash mode button for changing the flash mode The timer button for taking pictures using the self timer or the remote control The macro infinity button for adjusting focussing range Adjusting the viewfinder Setting Video Output Format 38 ...

Page 12: ...e can be exposed properly when taking pictures at night Adjusting the range of focus p 32 The range of focus can be adjusted when taking pictures by pressing the macro infinity button Macro This is set when taking close ups of subjects such as flowers and pictures can be taken at distances as close as 10cm to the subject Infinity This is set when it is wished to take pictures of scenery etc throug...

Page 13: ...e LCD monitor Deleting unnecessary pictures p 18 Deleting of unnecessary pictures displayed on the LCD monitor Presenting pictures taken on a television Pictures can be presented on a television screen for your enjoyment Connecting to a television p 20 A description of how to connect the camera and a television Representing on a television p 21 How to display pictures on a television is described ...

Page 14: ...he LCD monitor Taking pictures while looking at the LCD monitor When the display button is pressed the subject is displayed on the LCD monitor Please take care however as battery consumption is substantial when pictures are taken while displaying the subject on the LCD monitor p 16 qConfirm the LCD panel When nothing is set the LCD panel displays the battery symbol and the number of pictures that ...

Page 15: ...anel and Preferences When symbols other than the battery symbol and the symbol indicating the number of pictures that can be taken are displayed at the LCD panel the flash mode button timer button or macro infinity button is pressed Display area for flash preferences The flash preferences are displayed When nothing is displayed the flash fires as necessary When the flash mode button is pressed the...

Page 16: ...rding the automatic picture orientation detecting and switching function The automatic picture orientation detecting and switching function can detect the orientation when you hold the camera and save the picture taken vertically as a vertical picture This makes it possible to prevent image deterioration from occurring by turning the image round and resaving in JPEG format using picture processing...

Page 17: ... that can be taken is reduced Pictures can also be automatically saved when the LCD monitor is turned off without pressing the right soft key when saving Deleting a picture Press the middle soft key while the picture is displayed on the LCD monitor and select Delete If the message Delete is displayed quickly press the left soft key and select Delete Pictures that are taken can be deleted using the...

Page 18: ... of the Live view Screen The soft keys are displayed at the live view screen The following operations can be executed by selecting each of the soft keys Left Soft Key One shot The capture method can be changed over between One shot Continuous and Timelapse by pressing the left soft key Regarding continuous shooting p 47 Regarding timelapse shooting p 48 Middle Soft Key Overlay The state display ar...

Page 19: ... timelapse group and category preference information is displayed using icons Cursor Using the right and left keys of the four way controller move the picture of interest to the cursor Basic Data Display Area Displays picture number date and time and group Summary Display Area Up to four saved pictures can be displayed Enlargement Display Area The picture at which the cursor is positioned is enlar...

Page 20: ...tures taken p 17 qPress t and s of the four way controller and move the picture you wish to delete to the cursor The picture at the cursor position is deleted qPress the middle soft key and select Delete A message confirming deletion is displayed When deleting Press the left soft key and select Delete When a delete is cancelled Press the right soft key and select Cancel Looking at Pictures Put int...

Page 21: ...te from the menu p 96 When the group function is used the selected pictures can be collected into one group given a name and saved Pictures in the group can be retrieved using the group name p 103 When a function of a particular category is used the selected picture is classified by being given an icon of that particular category The picture with the assigned category can then be retrieved from th...

Page 22: ...cable to the video input terminal yellow of the television eConnect the audio connector red of the video cable to the audio input terminal mono of the television Please refer to the television user guide with regards to connection to the output terminal qTurn on the camera power supply wTurn on the television power supply and select the video screen Refer to the television user guide with regards ...

Page 23: ...ne Pictures displayed on the memory card are then displayed on the television qWhen t and s keys of the four way controller are pressed the pictures are changed over Press the middle soft key when it is wished to enlarge the displayed picture Regarding the presentation mode function There is also a slideshow function for automatically changing over screens provided in the presentation mode functio...

Page 24: ...Check that the battery and the memory card are installed wTurn the power supply on The battery level is then displayed at the LCD panel Regarding displaying of the battery level The battery level can be checked using the battery symbol displayed at the LCD panel 1 Getting the camera ready Battery Symbol When the battery symbol is completely filled in there is still sufficient battery power remaini...

Page 25: ...ol will flash for three seconds and the power supply will then go off In this case please replace the batteries with new batteries Changing the Batteries When the batteries run out please replace with new batteries Please use AA size lithium batteries AA size nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries or AA size alkaline batteries qOpen the battery chamber cover at the bottom of the camera and op...

Page 26: ... using the camera in low temperatures Lowering of the performance during use can be prevented by warming up the replacement batteries AA size lithium batteries are recommended for use in cold regions Please store the camera with the batteries removed if the camera is not to be used for a long period of time If the camera is stored with the batteries in the batteries may leak and cause damage to th...

Page 27: ...using an LCD monitor if a Not Enough Memory message is displayed please replace memory card or delete unneeded pictures p 26 95 The displayed number of pictures that can be taken is different depending on image size image quality and memory card capacity p 53 Please use the following table as a guideline The following table is for using the camera with an 8MB memory card Good Better and Best are c...

Page 28: ...mber of pictures that can be taken Image size quality Image size is the resolution when a picture is taken The higher the resolution the larger the amount of memory used Image size setting p 53 Image quality involves a sequentially lower compression rate in the order good better best The lower the compression ratio the larger the amount of memory required when saving Conversely if the compression ...

Page 29: ...to the same position as the card wClose memory card cover and move triangular symbol to the side back to its original position If the memory card is a commercial isomorphic memory card it can be used as is but with some memory cards a message Card requires formatting will be displayed on the LCD monitor When this message is displayed please format the memory card p 74 Installing a new memory card ...

Page 30: ...llowing condi tions so please take care Please be aware that Pentax bears absolutely no responsibility for erased data Mishandling of the memory card by the user Memory card located at a place susceptible to static electricity or electrical noise Card not used for a long period of time Card ejected or power supply disconnected while the card access lamp is blinking The memory card has a limited li...

Page 31: ...n the power switch and turn the mode dial to the capture mode symbol qCheck the display panel If there is nothing being displayed on the flash setting display area auto automatic flash setting will be performed and the flash will fire as required wPress the flash mode button once The red eye reduction symbol will be displayed on the LCD panel ePress flash mode button once more Daylight sync Mode s...

Page 32: ...ed 0 No display Automatic flash Flash goes off as required 1 Red eye reduction Before the main flash goes off a number of small flashes are emitted to reduce the phenomenon where people s eyes appear red red eye reduction 2 Daylight sync mode The flash is forced to go off even if it is bright or back light condition 3 Red eye reduction and Daylight sync mode The flash is forced to go off and Red e...

Page 33: ...blink for 3 seconds before the shutter is released qGet the remote control ready wPress the timer button twice The remote control symbol is displayed on the LCD panel eCheck the place where want to appear in the picture by looking through the viewfinder rMove to the place you want to appear in the picture point the remote control at the camera and press the remote controller button The self timer ...

Page 34: ... adjusting by pressing the macro infinity button Macro focus range 10cm to infinity from lens front Set in situations such as taking pictures of flowers in close up or when you want to get as close as possible to the subject For macro shots it is recommended to use the LCD monitor in stead of the viewfinder Infinity focus range infinite distance Set when taking landscape views through glass or net...

Page 35: ...the macro infinity button once The macros symbol a tulip symbol will be displayed on the display panel and the focus range is set to macro 10cm to 60cm from lens front ePress the macro infinity button once more The infinity landscape symbol a mountain symbol will be displayed on the display panel and the focus range is fixed to infinity infinite distance Adjusting focus range Infinity symbol Macro...

Page 36: ...hrough the LCD monitor qConfirm that the battery and the memory card are installed wTurn on the power supply and turn the mode dial to the capture mode symbol qMove the zoom lever towards the telephoto setting a single tree The focus range will be brought closer wMove the zoom lever towards the wide angle setting three trees The focus range will be taken farther away Zoom lever Telephoto setting b...

Page 37: ...is impossible to confirm the magnification rate using the viewfinder wMove the zoom lever towards the telephoto setting to set the highest magnification rate eRelease your finger from the zoom lever once and move the zoom lever towards the telephoto setting again The digital zoom function will be on and the digital zoom symbol will be displayed on the LCD monitor Telephoto with the digital zoom di...

Page 38: ...agnification rate can be set lower 1 2 x 1 5 x 2 x tTo return to the normal zoom range move the zoom lever towards the wide angle setting when the magnifi cation rate is 1 2 x Even when the digital zoom function is on the digital function can be canceled by the following operations Turning off the power supply Pressing the menu button Turning off the LCD monitor Turning the mode dial ...

Page 39: ... diopter to adjust viewfinder visibility It is possible to adjust the viewfinder visibility so that different people can see through the viewfinder qLook through the viewfinder wRotate the diopter adjustment dial on the left side of the viewfinder to a position at which the frame lines in the viewfinder can be seem most clearly ...

Page 40: ...ttings menu will be displayed qIf the down arrow on the four way controller is pressed twice while Slideshow is displayed in highlighted text Video will be displayed in highlighted text wPress the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit ePress the left and right arrows on the four way control ler to select NTSC or PAL rPress the right soft key to select the soft menu Exit 2 1 Put info Presentat...

Page 41: ...aying Pictures One By One 82 Continuous Play With Automatic Switching 84 Arranging Picture With Review Mode Basic Operation For Review Mode 92 Deleting Picture Taken 95 Categorizing Pictures 101 Searching Taken Pictures 110 Printing Or Other Processes Using Other Devices Printing The Pictures You Have Taken 116 Viewing And Processing The Pictures You Have Taken On A PC 124 Transmitting Receiving P...

Page 42: ... various func tions 1Confirm that batteries and memory card are installed 2Turn on power supply 3Turn the mode dial to select mode whose menu will be displayed The setting menu is different for capture mode presentation mode and review mode 4Press the Menu button The menu for each mode is displayed on the LCD monitor Display setting menu screen Four way Controller LCD monitor Menu button Display s...

Page 43: ...ive function is returned to When the setting content is displayed on the screen the cursor is moved to the different setting content items by pressing the up and down arrows on the four way controller 2Press up and down arrows on four way controller to select setting items 3Select soft menu Edit by pressing left soft key Setting content for the setting item will be dis played e g When setting item...

Page 44: ...ogo file and if so set the placement p 68 However there is no logo file stored in the memory card included Preferences menu Display Set brightness of the LCD monitor display time for instant review for displaying a picture immediately after it has been taken whether or not to display a picture on the LCD monitor at the time of taking a picture and a time for turning off the power supply if there i...

Page 45: ...elected on the edit screen so that it can not be deleted or remove protection p 98 Categorize Sort the picture selected on the edit screen into a separate category p 102 Print Order Form menu Add Images When printing only photographs selected on the edit screen set whether you want an index print or standard prints and set the number of copies p 116 View Order Display your print order form p 119 E...

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Page 47: ...or determining exposure AE Metering 60 ISO speed setting ISO Speed 61 Stamping Date Time And Text On A Picture 62 How to set the date and time of shooting to be stamped on a picture Date and Time 62 How to set your favorite phrase to be stamped on a picture Text 64 How to set a logo to be stamped on a picture Logo 68 Changing The Settings Of Functions Of The Camera 70 Changing the display state of...

Page 48: ...ictures can be taken continuously enabling pictures like the shifting of motion picture frames Timelapse Shooting When the shutter release button has been pressed pictures will be taken the designated number of times and at the designated interval In fixed point observation etc the camera is placed on a tripod and it is possible to take a landscape picture of a specified place at fixed intervals S...

Page 49: ...ntinuous shooting pictures will be taken in succession as fast as possible but there will be variation in the interval due to throughput of the camera and charging of the flash 1Display of the live view screen 1Turn on power supply and turn the mode dial to capture mode camera symbol 2Press the display button and the live view screen will be displayed 2Switching to continuous shooting 2Press left ...

Page 50: ...d in the memory card All captured pictures will be saved in the memory card as a single group Taking designated number of pictures at regular interval Timelapse shooting mode Pictures will be taken the designated number of times and at the fixed interval 1Display Timelapse setting screen 1Turn on the power supply and turn the mode dial to select Capture Mode camera symbol 2Press the menu button to...

Page 51: ... from menu screen 3Switching to timelapse shooting mode 1Press the display button to display the live view screen 2Press the left soft key to display the soft menu Timelapse 3 To save battery power press the display button so as not to display the LCD monitor 4Start timelapse shooting 1Show a photo to be taken in the AF frame and press the shutter release button halfway down 2Confirm that the gree...

Page 52: ... photos It is possible to re record sound in Presentation Mode or Review Mode p 83 1Recording sound just after taking photos 1Turn on the power supply and turn the mode dial to select Capture Mode camera symbol 2Show a subject in the AF frame of the viewfinder and press the shutter release button halfway down 3Confirm that the green lamp lights up and press the shutter release button completely do...

Page 53: ...eft soft key To delete the photo displayed on the Instant Review screen select the soft menu delete by pressing the middle soft key Both picture and sound or only sound can be deleted If the Instant Review screen goes off or the soft menu Exit is selected by pressing the right soft key displayed photos will be saved in the Memory Card The maximum recording time is 45 seconds Instant Review screen ...

Page 54: ...hooting The set file setting is saved in the camera so it is effective even when the power supply turned off Select Default on the File Settings screen to return to initial setting 1Displaying File Settings screen 1Turn on the power supply and turn the mode dial to Capture mode 2If the menu button is pressed the Capture Setting screen will be displayed 3Press the left soft key to select Edit while...

Page 55: ...turn to capturing status You are now ready to take photos in the set file setting File Type Set a file type for pictures Set JPEG or TIFF by pressing the left and right arrows on the four way controller JPEG Saving by compressing files TIFF Saving without compressing files Quality Level Set Quality Level of compressing when File Type JPEG is set Set Good Better or Best by pressing the left and rig...

Page 56: ...according to subjects It is also possible to take photos using Aperture Priority Exposure Mode or Shutter Priority Exposure Mode as a method for determining exposure Exposure mode setting is effective until the power supply is turned off Once the power supply is turned off exposure will be set to Auto Auto Auto is the most commonly used exposure mode and it is recommended that you use this normall...

Page 57: ...ntroller is pressed the Photo Assist menu will be displayed 4Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit when Exposure is displayed in highlighted text Exposure Mode screen will be displayed 2Selecting Exposure Mode 1Press the up and down arrows on the four way controller to display Exposure Mode for subjects in highlighted text 2Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Select The ...

Page 58: ...et to Landscape Program Portrait Program Action Program or Shutter Priority ISO Speed on the Exposure Mode menu will be set automatically and can not be set manually How to take photos in Aperture Priority AE Mode 1 Set Exposure Mode to Aperture Priority The aperture number and the shutter speed will be displayed on the LCD monitor when the shutter release button is pressed halfway 2 If the up and...

Page 59: ...Default 3Select the soft menu Exit by pressing the right soft key and capturing status screen will restored It is possible to take photos with the set exposure Adjusting color balance according to lighting White Balance Adjust the color of photos according to lighting when taking pictures The whole picture can take on a green or red hue when taking photos under fluorescent light or normal electric...

Page 60: ...nu Select The selected white balance will be set and the Photo Assist menu will be displayed 3If the right soft key is pressed to select the soft menu Exit capture status will be restored You are now ready to take photos with the set white balance Manual focus AF MF Focus Mode It is possible to focus manually If the camera is turned off AF Auto Focus will be restored 1Displaying Focus Mode screen ...

Page 61: ...elect soft menu Exit and capture status will restored You are now ready to take photos with the set focus mode Check mark The Focus Mode currently set Focus Mode screen How to take photos with Manual Focus Mode 1 Set focus mode to Manual Focus 2 Press the menu button to display the LCD monitor 3 Press the left and right arrows on the four way controller to set the shooting distance according to th...

Page 62: ...four way controller is pressed the Photo Assist menu will be displayed 4If the down arrow on the four way controller is pressed four times AE Metering will be displayed in high lighted text 5Press the left key to select the soft menu Edit The AE Metering screen will be displayed 2 AE Metering Setting 1Press the up and down arrows on the four way controller to display AE Metering range to be set 2P...

Page 63: ...Speed screen 1Turn the power supply and turn the mode dial to the Capture Mode symbol 2If the menu button is pressed the Capture Settings menu will be displayed 3If the right arrow on the four way controller is pressed the Photo Assist menu will be displayed 4If the down arrow on the four way controller is pressed five times ISO Speed will be displayed in highlighted text 5Press the left soft key ...

Page 64: ...aved in a memory card and set the position to be stamped But this function can not be used at present How to set the date and time of shooting to be stamped on a picture Date and Time You can stamp the date and time of shooting on a picture Format of date to be stamped Type Stamping position Placement Upper right Center Lower left Lower right Upper left Type of background for the date and time Tra...

Page 65: ...nd of letters the color of letters and the background color are selected 5After setting up the necessary items press the right soft key to select Exit on the soft menu and the Image Stamp menu appears If you want to resume the initial state press the left soft key to select Default on the soft menu 6Press the right soft key to select Exit on the soft menu Now you can stamp the date and time on a p...

Page 66: ...oller for selection Each time you press the right arrow the following choice of colors to be set will be displayed in this order Red Green Blue Cyan Magenta Yellow Black White Background color When you select Background for the background of letters you can set the background color of the date Use the right and left arrows of the four way controller for selection Each time you press the right arro...

Page 67: ...rs to be stamped 1If the left and right arrows on the four way controller are pressed while the text stamp Off is displayed in highlighted text the text stamp On will be displayed in highlighted text 2Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit 3Press the left soft key to select the type of letters to be input Available types of letters to be input It is possible to display a list of the ...

Page 68: ...e frame 5The right arrow on the four way controller is pressed letters will be displayed on the display area for input letters If you want to delete the letters displayed on the display area for input letters press the left arrow on the four way controller to delete the last letter input Press the center soft key to input a space 6After inputting letters on the pictures press the right soft key to...

Page 69: ...der Upper Right Center Lower Left Lower Right Upper Left Background of Letters Transparency When stamping letters on a picture you can decide how the image corresponding to the input letters to be stamped is handled Use the right and left arrows of the four way controller for selection Opaque Background or background color is provided for the input letters to be stamped on a picture Semi A semi tr...

Page 70: ... left Lower right Upper left 1Show Logo Stamp screen 1Install the memory card containing the logo file 2Turn on the power supply and set the mode dial to the capture mode mark 3Press the menu button and the Capture Settings menu appears 4Press the right arrow of the four way controller twice and the Image Stamp menu appears 5Press the lower arrow of the four way controller twice and Logo is displa...

Page 71: ... key to select Exit on the soft menu and the selected file name is displayed to indicate the logo stamp 6Press the lower arrow of the four way controller to display Placement in highlighted text 7Press the right and left arrows of the four way controller to select the logo stamping position When you press the right arrow of the four way controller the following stamping position options will be di...

Page 72: ...e numbering starts from 1 each time a blank memory card is set or the number of times the shutter is released from the first time the camera starts operation is set as an image number cumulative count on the picture regardless of the memory card is installed Naming the camera p 77 Allocate a name for the owner to the camera Specifying the language to be displayed p 79 Setting a language English Fr...

Page 73: ...rows on the four way controller to select the brightness of the screen of the LCD monitor 2Press the down arrow on the four way controller to highlight Instant Review 3Press the left and right arrows on the four way controller to select the time for which Instant Review is displayed 4Use the same procedure to select Live View and Sleep Timeout 5After setting the required items pressing the right s...

Page 74: ...l is set to capture mode Please be careful to remember that the battery power will be used up quickly when pictures are taken with the Live View screen displayed Even if the display of the Live View screen is set to Off in capture mode a Live View screen will be automatically displayed when Macro mode p 33 Manual focus mode p 59 Aperture priority mode p 55 or Shutter priority mode p 55 is set or w...

Page 75: ...volume The volume is a volume when the recorded sound is replayed or a volume of system sound 1 Sets the volume lowest 4 Standard volume 7 Sets the volume largest 2Press the down arrow on the four way controller to highlight System Sounds 3Press the left and right arrows on the four way control ler to select whether or not system sounds are emitted Setting the system sound accompanying the operati...

Page 76: ...roller three times to highlight the Preferences menu 5Press the down arrow on the four way controller twice to highlight Format Card 6Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Format A format confirmation screen will appear on the display 7When formatting press the middle soft key to select the soft menu Format When canceling the format press the right soft key to select the soft menu Cancel...

Page 77: ...2Setting the display mode 1Press the left soft menu on the set date and time screen to select the soft menu Format The Format screen appears on the display The item with check mark is the currently set display mode 2Press the down arrow on the four way controller to highlight the display mode to be set 3Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Select A selected display mode is set with the ...

Page 78: ... way controller three times to display the Preferences menu 4Press the down arrow on the four way controller five times to highlight Image Counter 5Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit The Image Counter screen appears on the display 2Setting the numbering method 1Press the down arrow on the four way controller to highlight the picture numbering method to be set Reset When Empty Eac...

Page 79: ...ress the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit The Camera Name screen appears on the display 2Entering a camera name 1When erasing the already entered characters press the left key on the four way controller to erase the characters one by one In the initial state Digital Camera is displayed 2Press the left soft key to select the type of the charac ters to be entered Preferences menu Camera Na...

Page 80: ...ght key on the four way controller to display the character on the input character display area When entering a space press the center soft key 5Pressing the right soft key to select the soft menu Exit after entering a camera name will return the system to the Preferences menu The entered camera name is registered ...

Page 81: ...oller three times to display the Preferences menu 4Press the down arrow on the four way controller seven times to highlight the Language menu 5Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit The Language screen appears on the display 2Setting the Language 1Press the down arrow on the four way controller to highlight the language to be set English A menu or message is displayed in English 2Pre...

Page 82: ...Reset The reset confirmation screen appears on the display 2Resetting the setting to the initial state 1When resetting the information set to the initial state except for Language Set date and time Video output method press the center soft key to select the soft menu Reset The Preferences menu is displayed with the set information reset to the initial state When canceling the operation press the r...

Page 83: ...ion Page Playing Pictures One By One 82 Continuous Play With Automatic Switching 84 Displaying picture as slideshow Continuous play 85 Playing pictures taken in Timelapse Shooting Mode or pictures grouped continuously and automatically 88 ...

Page 84: ...the Presentation Mode The presentation screen will be displayed 3If the right arrow on four way controller is pressed the next picture will be displayed Press the right soft key to select the menu Expand to display stored pictures taken in the timelapse mode or grouped pictures 2Picture enlargement 1If the soft menu Zoom is selected by pressing the middle soft key pictures will be enlarged It is p...

Page 85: ... 1If there is recorded sound and the soft menu Play by pressing the left soft key the recorded sounds will be played When there is recorded sound Soft Menu Play Zoom or Expand Collapse will be displayed Information display Image number the date and time when pictures are taken symbol mark capture mode One Shot Shooting Mode Continuous Shooting Mode Timelapse Shooting Mode Displaying the soft menu ...

Page 86: ...aying a series of pictures taken in Timelapse Shooting Mode or pictures grouped Displaying Picture As Slideshow Continuous Play p 85 Playing all pictures continuously Playing categorized pictures continuously Playing pictures taken in Timelapse Shooting Mode or pictures grouped continuously p 88 Playing pictures taken in Timelapse Shooting Mode Playing grouped pictures continuously Start Start Sta...

Page 87: ...the soft menu Edit by pressing the left soft key while displaying Slideshow in highlighted text 3Setting Item 1Press the up and down arrows on four way controller to display items to be set in highlighted text 2Press the left and right arrows on four way controller to display setting Content Content Select the Content to be played as a slideshow Press the left and right arrows on four way controll...

Page 88: ...d Press the left and right arrows on four way controller to select On or Off Loop Set whether or not to repeat playing pictures when finishing to play all pictures designated in Content Press the left and right arrows on four way controller to select On or Off 4Starting up slideshow 1If the soft menu Start is selected by pressing the left soft key the slideshow will be started with the set content...

Page 89: ...tch over whether or not to display the information display and the soft menu Soft Menu Soft menus will be displayed Information display Image NO the date and time when pictures are taken symbol mark capture mode One Shot Shooting Mode Continuous Shooting Mode Timelapse Shooting Mode Displaying the soft menu Displaying the information and the soft menu Canceling the information display and the soft...

Page 90: ...gs menu will be displayed 2Press the down arrow on the four way controller to display Playback Rate in highlighted text 3If the soft menu Edit is selected by pressing the left soft key Playback Rate setting screen will be displayed 3Setting Playback Rate 1Set playback rate 1 10 seconds for the pictures taken in the timelapse shooting mode by pressing the left and right arrows on the four way contr...

Page 91: ... to the presentation mode The presentation screen will be displayed 3Press the left and right arrows on four way controller to select the pictures taken in the timelapse shooting mode or grouped 2Picture presentation 1If the soft menu Play is selected by pressing the left soft key pictures which taken in the timelapse shooting mode or grouped will be played automati cally at the set playback rate ...

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Page 93: ... 94 Deleting Picture Taken Delete pictures taken one by one 95 Deleting selected pictures 96 Making it impossible to delete pictures Protection 98 Categorizing Pictures Classifying pictures by category Category 102 Group classification Group 103 Searching Taken Pictures Searching picture by date 110 Searching by category 112 ...

Page 94: ...ll the memory card holding pictures you wish to check 2Turn on the power supply and turn the mode dial to the Review Mode 3The pictures saved in the memory card will be displayed on the edit screen 2Checking picture taken 1If the left arrow on the four way controller is pressed each picture will be scrolled in from the left side and displayed If the right arrow on the four way controller is presse...

Page 95: ...irst picture 3If the soft menu Expand is selected by pressing the right soft key the screen of operation 1 will be returned to and the pictures will be expanded Regarding the edit screen Picture information displayed on the edit screen is as follow Setting information Display a group name of pictures are collected into a group and a key symbol if pictures are protected Grouped pictures The list sc...

Page 96: ...croll the pictures until the cursor points to the picture for which sound is to be recorded 2If the sound record button is pressed a recording will be started 3If the sound record button is pressed again after recording sound recording will be terminated and a confirmation screen for sound recording will be displayed 4To confirm the recorded sound press the left soft key to select the soft menu Pl...

Page 97: ...Deleting pictures taken p 95 Delete pictures selected one by one Deleting selected pictures p 96 Deleting all pictures selected on the edit screen Making it impossible to delete pictures p 98 Protect pictures Delete pictures taken one by one Delete the pictures where the cursor is positioned among pictures displayed on the edit screen 1Displaying review screen 1Install the memory card holding pict...

Page 98: ...ected by pressing the left soft key the pictures where the cursor is positioned will be deleted and the edit screen will be returned to To cancel deletion of a picture press the right soft key to select the soft menu Cancel Deleting selected pictures Delete all of the selected pictures among the pictures displayed on the edit screen 1Displaying review screen 1Install the memory card holding pictur...

Page 99: ...e pictures altogether If you want to select all the pictures at once in an edit screen press and hold soft menu Mark for more than three seconds and release it when the soft menu is changed into Mark All If you want to deselect all the pictures on the other hand press and hold soft menu Unmark for more than two seconds and release it when the soft menu is changed into Dissolve All 3Deleting select...

Page 100: ... turn the mode dial to the review mode 3The pictures saved in the memory card will be displayed 2Select picture you wish to protect 1Press the left and right arrows on the four way control ler so that the cursor points to the pictures you wish to protect 2Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Mark The bottom right corner of the pictures selected will be clipped off and Unmark will be dis...

Page 101: ...on symbol key will be displayed at the right bottom of the edit screen Protection cancellation 1Displaying edit screen 1Install the memory card holding the pictures for which you wish to cancel protection 2Turn on the power supply and turn the mode dial to the review mode 3The pictures saved in the memory card will be displayed on the review screen 2Selecting picture for which protection is to be ...

Page 102: ...selected once press the left soft key to select the soft menu Unmark 3Protection cancellation 1If the menu button is pressed the Edit menu will be displayed 2If the down arrow on the four way controller is pressed twice Protect will be displayed in highlighted text 3Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Unprotect The protection of the selected pictures will be canceled and the protection...

Page 103: ... being given an icon of that particular category or collected into one group by being given a name Classifying pictures by category p 102 Category Pictures with Scenery Category Pictures with Pets Group classification Group p 103 Group name GARDEN Group name NANA Grouped pictures Expand screen Collapse screen Grouped pictures Expand screen Collapse screen ...

Page 104: ...n the four way control ler to scroll the pictures until the cursor points to the picture you wish to give an icon for 2Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Mark The bottom right corner will be clipped off and Unmark will be displayed on the soft menu 3Select all pictures you wish to attach an icon to by repeating the above operations To cancel the pictures selected once press the soft k...

Page 105: ...igned category is attached can be displayed in different categories on the edit screen using the searching operations p 112 Group classification Group Pictures saved in the memory card can be collected into one group assigned a name and saved It is possible to add pictures taken previously into a registered group or to make a new group to be registered and save the pictures in the new group New gr...

Page 106: ...above operations To cancel a picture selected once press the left soft key to select the soft menu Unmark 3Displaying screen for group name input 1If the menu button is pressed the Edit menu will be displayed 2If the down key on the four way controller is pressed Group will be displayed in highlighted text When inputting a group name for the first time 3If the soft menu Create is selected by press...

Page 107: ...way controller The characters displayed in highlighted text will be input 2Repeat the same operations to input group names If characters are input incorrectly press the left arrow on the four way controller to delete the last character input 3After input of group names press the right soft key to select the soft menu Exit The group name is registered for the selected picture and the Edit screen wi...

Page 108: ...ursor points to the pictures that are grouped together Collapse will be displayed on the soft menu 2If the soft menu Collapse is selected by pressing the right soft key the expanded pictures will be collapsed to the first picture 2Expanding collapsed pictures 1Scroll the pictures until the cursor points to the pictures that are grouped together Expand will be displayed on the soft menu 2If the sof...

Page 109: ...s the left and right arrows on the four way control ler to scroll the pictures until the cursor points to the picture you wish to add into a group 2Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Mark The bottom right corner will be clipped off and Unmark will be displayed on the soft menu 3Select all pictures you wish to add into a group by repeating the above operations To cancel the picture sel...

Page 110: ...key the Add To Group screen will be displayed 4If the group names are scrolled until the cursor points to the name of a group to add to and the soft menu Select is selected by pressing the left soft key the Edit screen will be returned to 5If the soft menu Exit is selected by pressing the right soft key the pictures selected will be added into the designated group ...

Page 111: ...cel group 1Press the left and right arrows on the four way controller to scroll the pictures until the cursor points to the picture you wish to cancel the group By selecting only one picture of the group you wish to cancel it is possible to cancel the group 3Canceling group 1If the menu button is pressed the Edit menu will be displayed 2If the down arrow on the four way controller is pressed Group...

Page 112: ... in the memory card 1Displaying edit screen 1Install the memory card holding the pictures you wish to search 2Turn on the power supply and turn the dial mode to the review mode 3Pictures saved in the memory card will be displayed 2Displaying By Date setting screen 1If the menu button is pressed the Edit menu will be displayed 2If the right arrow on the four way controller is pressed three times th...

Page 113: ...nput the same year month day in both From and To In this operating manual the method for inputting date is explained only for the initial date display format A display format of year month and day can be set by selecting Date from the Preferences menu in the Capture mode 4Starting search 1Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Find The pictures within the designated date range will be dis...

Page 114: ...aying By Category setting screen 1If the menu button is pressed Edit menu will be displayed 2If the right arrow on the four way controller is pressed three times the Find menu will be displayed If the down key on the four way controller is then pressed Category will be displayed in highlighted text 3If the soft menu Edit is selected by pressing the left soft key the Find By Category setting screen...

Page 115: ...ated icon of that particular category is attached will be displayed on the search list screen 3To display all pictures press the middle soft key to select the soft menu Show All Terminate the search list screen to find pictures and return to the edit screen It is possible to perform edit operations on the search list screen in the same way as on the edit screen ...

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Page 117: ...ble printer 121 Viewing And Processing The Pictures You Have Taken On A PC Before connecting the camera and a PC 124 Setting the PC connect mode 125 Connecting with a PC 126 Transmitting Receiving Pictures To From Other Cameras Having Digita Installed To transmit pictures 127 To receive pictures 129 Running A Script 131 Installing Adobe Photoshop 5 0 Limited Edition 132 ...

Page 118: ...sing DPOF compatibility When having the pictures taken by this camera printed by DPOF compatible printers or by a laboratory print service pictures to be printed the total number of pictures and type of print index print or standard print can be set and the above information can be saved on the memory card It is also possible to check and delete the print order information Print order using DPOF c...

Page 119: ...ures by same number of pictures print on index and standard print out If the collapsed Timelapse shooting or group shooting is selected all the pictures collapsed will be printed If selecting Timelapse shooting and group shooting separately press the right soft key and select the soft menu Expand and expand and select the pictures from among the collapsed group 3Displaying Add Images on the screen...

Page 120: ...display Size in highlighted text 3Press the left and right arrows to select whether to print the selected pictures in Index format or in Standard size 4Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Add This will return to Print Order Form on the menu screen after saving the printer selection information on the memory card 5Press the right soft key to select the soft menu Exit and it will return ...

Page 121: ... the four way controller to display Print Order Form 3Press the down arrow on the four way controller to display View Order in highlighted text 4Press the left soft key to choose the soft menu Select Print Order Form will be displayed 3Checking the print setting information 1On the Print Order Form screen the picture No the total number of pictures and Standard and Index as the printing method are...

Page 122: ...selection 1Press the menu button to display Edit menu screen 2Press the right arrow on the four way controller to display Print Order Form 3Press the down arrow on the four way controller twice to display Erase Order in highlighted text 4 Press the left soft key to choose the soft menu Erase The screen for confirming cancellation of the printer selection screen will be displayed 5Press the middle ...

Page 123: ...rinting It is recommended that you use an AC adapter available separately However when connecting an AC adapter please make sure that you turn off the power supply to this camera 1Preparation for printing 1Turn on the power supply of the printer and insert paper to be printed on Please refer to the user s manual attached to the printer using for operation 2Install the memory card on which pictures...

Page 124: ... be printed If you want to select pictures within Timelapse shooting and group shooting separately press the right soft key and select the soft menu Expand to expand and select the pictures 3Displaying the communication menu 1Press the menu button to display Edit menu 2Press the right arrow on the four way controller twice to display Transmit menu 3Press the down arrow on the four way controller a...

Page 125: ...ter 4Set up a type of paper or size according to the message displayed on the printer s LCD Please refer to the user s manual attached to the printer using for operation 5 On determining the printer s configurations orient the camera s IR data transmitter again to the printer s IR port and press OK YES button Printing message will be displayed followed by starting with the printing Infrared data t...

Page 126: ... following requirements Please check before use Product requirements Required Windows computer with windows98 or 2000 preinstalled having standard USB port or Macintosh computer with Mac OS 8 6 or later installed Important Cannot be used with Windows 95 When using Windows 98 please install the USB driver Please refer to the attached user s manual for the USB Driver Installation Guide and Software ...

Page 127: ...ur way controller three times to display the Preferences menu 3Press the down arrow on the four way controller three times to display the PC Connect Mode in highlighted text 4Press the left soft key to select the soft menu Edit The PC Connect Mode setting screen is displayed 3Setting the PC connect mode 1Press the up and down arrows on the four way controller to display USB Disk Drive or Digita De...

Page 128: ...as pictures to be edited on the PC in the camera 2Open the memory card cover of the camera and connect a USB connection cable to the USB connector 3Turn on the power supply and set the mode dial to PC mode PC This camera is recognized by a PC to be one of the disk drives If the camera is not recognized by a PC as one of the disk drives make sure whether the PC connection mode is set to USB Disk Dr...

Page 129: ...hen transmitting receiving It is recommended that you use an AC adapter available separately when transmit ting receiving However when connecting an AC adapter please make sure that you turn off the power supply to this camera To transmit pictures To transmit pictures saved on the memory card to another camera having Digita installed 1To prepare for transmission 1Install the memory card on which p...

Page 130: ...roup shooting separately press the right soft key and select the soft menu Expand to expand the pictures and individually select the pictures you want 3To display the Transmit menu 1Press the menu button and the Edit menu is displayed 2Press the right arrow on the four way controller twice to display the Transmit menu and Camera Camera is displayed in highlighted text 4To start transmission 1Place...

Page 131: ...ransmission is canceled at that point in time The remaining pictures will not be transmitted To receive pictures To receive pictures transmitted from other Digita equipped cameras Please make sure that the memory card has enough capacity left to save pictures that are going to be transmitted If there is not enough capacity left on the memory card it is not possible to receive pictures 1To prepare ...

Page 132: ...itter on the transmitter side 4Make sure that the transmitter side is in the transmis sion waiting mode then press the middle soft key to select the soft menu Receive The Waiting for connection message is displayed on the LCD monitor 5Press the left soft key on the transmitter side to select the soft menu Continue and then the pictures will be received Place two cameras facing each other Put the c...

Page 133: ...s 1Install the memory card holding the script program 2Turn on the power supply and select a mode for operating the program by turning the mode dial 3If the menu button is pressed the menu screen will be displayed 4Press the right arrow on the four way controller to display the script menu 2Running the script 1Press the up and down arrows on the four way controller to display the script you wish t...

Page 134: ...the installer creates a new folder containing the new Adobe Photoshop LE file You should not install Photoshop LE in the same folder as a previous version of Photoshop or Photoshop LE To install the Adobe Photoshop program 1 Insert the Application CD ROM disc into your CD ROM drive 2 Open the Adobe folder Select your preferred language 3 Open the Photoshop LE folder and double click the Setup exe ...

Page 135: ...133 133 Appendix Page Error Alert Message Table 134 Specifications Table 136 ...

Page 136: ...all a memory card in the camera The camera does not have a memory card installed Install a memory card in the camera There are no images that can be displayed on the edit screen saved in the memory card A search was executed in review mode but no images matching the designated date or category could be found Please select the soft menu Find and designate searching items again When sending and rece...

Page 137: ... a new group you are trying to register a name which already exists Select the soft menu Create New to register a group with a different name In the memory card there is data saved which was edited using image editing software a personal computer Data edited on a personal computer can not be displayed in the review mode There is not enough memory in the receiving camera to receive the number of im...

Page 138: ... System Type TTL contrast detection autofocus system Manual focus From 0 1m 0 33ft to infinity infinity landscape mode available Autofocusing Range Normal 0 5m 1 64ft to infinity Macro 0 1m 0 33ft to 0 6m 1 97ft Exposure Control Exposure Range 1 Auto exposure Auto ISO speed Auto or Daylight Sync flash mode Wide EV8 5 ISO 200 equivalency EV16 5 ISO 100 equivalency Tele EV11 ISO 200 equivalency EV18...

Page 139: ...m 3m 1 to 1m 1 LCD Monitor 2 inch low temperature poly silicon TFT color LCD with 130 338 pixels Adjustable brightness control LCD Panel Battery level flash modes exposure counter self timer remote control Macro mode and Infinity landscape mode Sound Recording Sound recording and playback possible 45 sec of recording per image Presentation and Review Mode Images can also be played back edited and ...

Page 140: ...able length of time before the equipment can be returned to you owing to the complicated customs procedures required If the equipment is covered by warranty repairs will be made and parts replaced free of charge and the equipment will be returned to you upon completion of servicing If the equipment is not covered by warranty regular charges of the manufacturer or of its representatives will apply ...

Page 141: ...ainst harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will occur in a particular installation If this equipment does not cause harmful interference to radio or telev...

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